BUSINESS BULLETIN No. 73/2013 Tuesday 7 May 2013 Summary of Today’s Business Meetings of Committees 9.45 am Health and Sport Committee Committee Room 5 10.00 am Education and Culture Committee Committee Room 2 10.00 am Justice Committee Committee Room 1 10.00 am Subordinate Legislation Committee Committee Room 4 10.30 am National Trust for Scotland (Governance Committee Room 6 etc.) Bill Committee ________________________________________________________________ Meeting of the Parliament 2.00 pm Time for Reflection – Reverend Dave Slater, Minister, Gartcosh linked with Glenboig Parish Churches followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Topical Questions followed by Public Petitions Committee Debate: PE1441 Flood Insurance followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members‘ Business – S4M-05783 Gordon MacDonald: Dads Rock 1st Anniversary For full details of today’s business, see Section A. For full details of the future business, see sections B and C. 1 Contents The sections which appear in today‘s Business Bulletin are in bold Section A: Today‘s Business - Meetings of Committees - Meeting of the Parliament Section B: Future Meetings of the Parliament Section C: Future Meetings of Committees Section D: Oral Questions - Questions selected for First Minister‘s Questions - Questions selected for response by Ministers and junior Scottish Ministers at Question Time Section E: Written Questions – new questions for written answer Section F: Motions and Amendments Section G: Bills - New Bills introduced - New amendments to Bills - Members‘ Bills proposals Section H: New Documents – new documents laid before the Parliament and committee reports published Section I: Petitions – new public petitions Section J: Progress of Legislation – progress of Bills and subordinate legislation Section K: Corrections to the Official Report 2 Business Bulletin: Tuesday 7 May 2013 Section A – Today’s Business Meetings of Committees All meetings take place in the Scottish Parliament, unless otherwise specified. Contact details for Committee Clerks are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Health and Sport Committee 14th Meeting, 2013 The Committee will meet at 9.45 am in Committee Room 5 1. Decisions on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private and whether its consideration of a draft report should be taken in private at future meetings. 2. Access to newly licensed medicines: The Committee will take evidence from— Professor Philip Routledge, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology at Cardiff University; Professor Charles Swainson, former Medical Director, NHS Lothian; and then from— Alex Neil, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Well-being, Professor Bill Scott, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, and Dr Aileen Keel, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Scottish Government. 3. Inquiry into teenage pregnancy: The Committee will consider a draft report. Education and Culture Committee 14th Meeting, 2013 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 2 1. Inquiry into decision making on whether to take children into care: The Committee will take evidence from— Tam Baillie, Scotland‘s Commissioner for Children and Young People; Liz Ray, National Learning and Development Lead, Who Cares? Scotland; Andy Miller, Business and Partnerships Manager, Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability. 2. Post-16 Education (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill and the draft Scottish code of good Higher Education governance from— Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski; Professor Russel Griggs OBE; and then from— Robin Parker, President, NUS Scotland; Mary Senior, Scottish Official, University and College Union Scotland; 3 Lord Robert Smith of Kelvin, Chair, and Simon Pepper, Committee Member, Steering Group on Scottish Code for Good Higher Education. 3. Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider its approach to the scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1. 4. Children and Families Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will consider the legislative consent memorandum lodged by Aileen Campbell, Minister for Children and Young People (LCM(S4)21.1). 5. Broadcasting (in private): The Committee will consider a revised draft report. Justice Committee 14th Meeting, 2013 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 1 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private. 2. Fatal road collisions: The Committee will take evidence from— Stuart Cross, Senior Lecturer, Dundee Law School, University of Dundee; Margaret Dekker, Scottish Campaign against Irresponsible Drivers; Superintendent Iain Murray, Head of Road Policing, Police Scotland; Stephen McGowan, Deputy Director of Serious Casework, and David Green, Head of Scottish Fatalities Investigation Unit, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. 3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Scottish Public Authorities) Amendment Order 2013 (SSI 2013/126); Firemen‘s Pension Scheme (Amendment) (Scotland) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/128); Firefighters‘ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Order 2013 (SSI 2013/129). 4. Transfer of prison healthcare to the NHS: The Committee will consider its approach to its forthcoming round-table evidence session on the transfer of prison healthcare to the NHS. Subordinate Legislation Committee 14th Meeting, 2013 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 4 1. Decisions on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 5 and 6 in private. 2. Instruments subject to negative procedure: The Committee will consider the following— Police Service of Scotland (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/125); Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/131). 3. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure: The Committee will consider the following— 4 Freedom of Information (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2013 (Commencement and Transitional Provision) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/136 (C.10)). 4. Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the delegated powers provisions in this Bill after Stage 2. 5. Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider its approach to the scrutiny of the delegated powers provisions in this Bill at Stage 1. 6. Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011: The Committee will consider its approach to the scrutiny of instruments implementing the provisions of this Act. National Trust for Scotland (Governance etc.) Bill Committee 4th Meeting, 2013 The Committee will meet at 10.30 am in Committee Room 6 1. National Trust for Scotland (Governance etc.) Bill: The Committee will consider the Bill at Consideration Stage. 5 Meeting of the Parliament 2.00 pm Time for Reflection – Reverend Dave Slater, Minister, Gartcosh linked with Glenboig Parish Churches followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Topical Questions (if selected) followed by Public Petitions Committee Debate: PE1441 Flood Insurance S4M-06455 Chic Brodie on behalf of the Public Petitions Committee: Petition PE1441, Flood Insurance Problems— That the Parliament notes petition PE1441 in the name of David Crighton on the issue of flood insurance problems; welcomes the petitioner‘s efforts to highlight what it considers to be an important matter, and commends the issues raised in the petition to the Scottish Government for further consideration. followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members‘ Business Debate on the subject of— S4M-05783 Gordon MacDonald: Dads Rock 1st Anniversary—That the Parliament congratulates Dads Rock on its first anniversary; understands that it is Scotland‘s only free musical playgroup for dads and their kids; believes that it provides a fun, positive environment for men to play with their children and to speak to other dads; understands that two groups have been established, at Sighthill and Granton in Edinburgh, since it started in February 2012; notes its expansion plans for 2013, which include starting a group in Fife and establishing a Dads Rock academy, which will aim to provide one year of free music tuition to children and dads in the Sighthill area; notes the endeavours of the unpaid volunteers, and wishes them well. 6 Business Bulletin: Tuesday 7 May 2013 Section B – Future Meetings of the Parliament Business Programme agreed by the Parliament on 1 May 2013 Wednesday 8 May 2013 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Health and Wellbeing (for text of questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 2 May 2013) followed by Scottish Labour Party Debate: Childcare (for text of motion S4M- 06475 see Section F) followed by Scottish Labour Party Debate: Scotland‘s Health Service (for text of motion S4M-06474 see Section F) followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members‘ Business – S4M-06401 Mary Scanlon: Importance of the Freshwater Pearl Mussel (for text of motion see Section F of the Business Bulletin for Tuesday 30 April 2013) Thursday 9 May 2013 11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions 11.40 am General Questions (for text of questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 2 May 2013) 12.00 pm First Minister‘s Questions (for text of questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Friday 3 May 2013) 12.30 pm